Roll For Initiative

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Volume 7 Mini Issue 13 – Archivos Oct 25, 2017

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This week, we got the last of DM Matt’s interviews from Gen Con 50. In this one he talks to David Robison of Archivos. Archivos is a world building – story mapping web app that takes a very visual approach to creating an designing a campaign world. DM Matt talk with David about the ArchivosRead More

Volume 7 Issue 198 – Metagaming again! Oct 18, 2017

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This week RFI is back and cover the scourge of DM’s everywhere, Metagaming. We go over the types of metagaming, how to handle it as a DM and how to avoid it as a players. In the the treasure chest, we find a miniature horseless cart that is the fantasy version of Uber. And thisRead More

Volume 7 Mini Issue 12 – Exploring Divine Intervention Oct 11, 2017

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RFI is back with another mini issue, and this week DMs Vince, Matt, Chrispy explore divine intervention. It’s briefly mentioned on page 111 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide and the crew expands upon it’s uses in the game and how to avoid the character phoning a deity at any sign of trouble. So sit backRead More

Volume 7 Issue 197 – Classic Characters Oct 04, 2017

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RFI is back and this week delving in the Player’s Handbook as we talk about the in and outs of Multiclassing. From there we moved to the races in the Player’s Handbook, and we get a passionate plea from DM Chrispy on why Gnomes are bad. DM Vince pulls a magic ring out of theRead More

Volume 7 Mini Issue 11- MetaArcade’s Tunnels and Trolls Adventures Sep 27, 2017

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This week, we have an interview DM Matt conducted at Gen Con 50, with David Reid, CEO of MetaArcade; the creator’s of the new Android and iOS game Tunnel and Trolls Adventures. They cover bringing the classic Tunnels and Trolls Solo Modules to the mobile platform as well as the forth coming adventure creation suite,Read More

Volume 7 Issue 196 – Campaign Beginnings Sep 20, 2017

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This week DMs Vince, Matt, & Chrispy are back and discuss the starting new campaigns, covering the initial campaign and PC creation, laying out house rules and more. We then open the treasure chest and find some gauntlets created by none other than the EvilDM himself. And there are just way too many mouths involvedRead More

Volume 7 Mini Issue 10 – Too Much Gold? Sep 13, 2017

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DM Vince and DM Matt are back this week with a mini issue, and the topic is a golden one, just how much gold is too much. What are the pitfalls of running a ‘Monty Hall’ game where the characters have more coinage than Scrooge McDuck? How do you manage character levels when finding 1Read More

Volume 7 Issue 195 – Indomitable Domain of Terlath the Tenebrific Sep 06, 2017

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Roll For Initiative is back with a jam packed show. DM Matt does a run down of the historic Gen Con 50, recapping the Gen Con Museum and the some of the retrospective panels among other topics. And then in the main part of the show, review a module by Jeremy Reaban, H5 The IndomitableRead More

Volume 7 Mini Issue 9 – Rick Loomis and Flying Buffalo Aug 30, 2017

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At Gen Con 50, DM Matt had a chance to sit down and talk with Rick Loomis of Flying Buffalo. Matt and Rick talk about all things Flying Buffalo, from it’s early days as a play by mail game company, to the origins of Tunnels and Trolls and Nuclear War. We even have a guestRead More

Volume 7 Issue 194 – We’re Back! Aug 16, 2017

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RFI is back and better than ever! Join the gang as they recap the WotC panels from Origins and preview some of the Restropective Panels at Gen Con. And then they delve into the history of the Wraith and variants to torment your players in this weeks Roll For Initiative. The Dungeon Master’s Lament –Read More

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